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gosport

[ gos-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

  1. a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.


Gosport

/ ˈɡɒsˌpɔːt /

noun

  1. a town in S England, in Hampshire on Portsmouth harbour: naval base since the 16th century. Pop: 69 348 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gosport1

First recorded in 1940–45; after Gosport, England
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Example Sentences

William—absent Kate and Prince George—arrived by helicopter to Gosport Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Hampshire today.

Directly you have landed I shall take the Osprey to Gosport, and lay her up there.

A curious steam ferry-boat runs backwards and forwards between Portsmouth and Gosport.

But now something concerning Portsmouth and its neighbouring town of Gosport.

He paid several visits to Whitehaven, where was his banker, and to Gosport, where his lawyer lived.

The two airships circled slowly over Gosport and Portsmouth, dropping their torpedoes wherever a worthy mark presented itself.

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